Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Only One Life to Live - It's Only a Whisp

Last week we looked at the biblical view of history. From it we were challenged to get ourselves lost in the midst of the story. Something I thougt was interesting with this segment was how it fit into what we have not only learned from the other videos but also what we learned from the book of Deuteronomy. If you can remember as far back as the end of May I began our study of Deuteronomy by putting it in historical contexts. Then we brought it out practically in our lives suggesting that we all have a history. That is, namely, we all have a road actions and attitudes that follow everywhere we go. We add to this history everyday, even though we don't think about the reality that we are in fact in the midst of our own biography.
Therefore I am lead to speak a little more intentionally regarding the importance of each person's history. First, we must ask ourselves: what is life anyway? The Word of God answers this quite frankly: "It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." (James 4:14, KJV). It is a vapor, a whisp of the wind! Hence the Lord has put the reality that our lives are brief into perspective. Therefore we see that life is short, it is all before one minute, then all behind the next. Secondly we must ask: how can something so short count for so much? I will answer that by quoting Jesus: "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it." (Mark 8:35, KJV). Thus it is safe to deduce from this verse that Jesus counts life as possibly being significant. Now I am not talking about being significant in accopmlishing amazing things or the indulgence of worldly pursuits. Rather I am talking about what is significant in light of the gospel, the truth. Therefore, we can conclude that life is both short and significant. That being the case, what are you going to do with your short life? Or in other words, what is your biography going to be like? Will it be titled 'Loser, a Life of Insignificance'? Or will it be titled 'The Greatest Treasure, a Life of Complete Joy'? We only have one life to live; one life to lose. What are living your life, your history for? Remember, everyone has a history, that is, a road of actions and attitudes that follow everywhere one may go. What is your story life?
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Sunday School Highlights

This past Sunday we continued our journey through the book of Deuteronomy. We began to explore the first section of the book's summary statement 'God chooses His people, His people must choose Him.' Therefore, we studied the first aspect of how God chose the Israelites as His special people. It wasn't because of their righteousness but out of His love for them. Remember what kind of people they were? They were insignificant to the world, they were slaves turned vagabonds wondering in the desert. They were small and stiff-necked. All more the reason for God to turn from them, but no. He embraced them with love and showered them with grace. Just think of our own salvation. Each one of us has a past, has a history, has string of issues that follow us each day. That past tells us that we are like the Israelites, undeserving of the Lord's grace and love. Just take some time and meditate upon these verses, Eph. 1:3-4. What comes to your mind?